Beijing appears to have realized that sustainable peace in Afghanistan will require more effort than it can spare.

About the Monograph The monograph examines the inception of China’s geostrategic/geo-economic pivot towards Pakistan— and more recently, Afghanistan— before charting the trajectory of its expanding ...

India used the air base at Ayni in Tajikistan during a 2001 evacuation operation after the Taliban seized power in ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – With clasped hands and half-smiles, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban posed as they gathered in Kabul on Wednesday for a trilateral ...

Expert analyst Bill Roggio explains why China's growing influence with the Taliban makes President Donald Trump's plan to retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan unlikely to succeed.

The foreign ministers of China, Pakistan and Afghanistan met on May 21, 2025, in Beijing [Handout/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People’s Republic of China] Islamabad, Pakistan – As Pakistan ...

The nature of the Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship is such that if there will ever be peace between the two countries, it will be what political scientists call 'negative peace' — peace maintained by ...

“It always starts with trilateral cooperation, and it often ends the same way – chaos, power grabs, and foreign money trying to fix the mess.” Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Chinese Foreign ...

It would allow the US to again project power in the region, with China close by. But taking it back won't be easy.

China’s aggressive pursuit of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth represents a calculated geopolitical strategy that could reshape Central Asian economies and challenge Western influence in the region.

Relations between the two neighbors hit a low point this month, with fighting killing people on both sides of the border. At ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – As Pakistan remained embroiled in a war of words with its archrival India – following a dramatic exchange of missiles and drones nearly two weeks ago – it this week advanced ...